Finally this is the second English blog. Twitter makes me feel reluctant to write blogs. I realized that if I add the time I write twitters, emails, scripts, notes, and blogs, it is probably close to a half of my day.  I’m not the fastest typist on the planet, but I can write about average 80 WPM, so I think I write about 2400 words considering the thinking time.  That could be a short book every week.  Might as well publish it someday before the end of the book publishing comes in the future.

Anyways, I was invited to a pre-screening of this Japanese (?) movie called, “Harimaya Bridge.” Here is the synopsis: “after the sudden death of his estranged son in rural Japan, an American man must go there to claim some important family items. While there, he discovers some secrets his son left behind.”  It was the first feature film directed by African American in Japan.  It’s done well in the festival circuit and been released in Japan last year.

I’m not a film critique, so I don’t want to critique someone’s film, but it had a very unique story with beautiful scenery of Japan. There are similar parts and concepts with the script that I’m writing, but it was definitely encouraging and inspiring on many levels. Kudos to the director who went to Kochi, a beautiful city in the country side of Japan where he used to teach English. The film got a limited release in the U.S and will play at the Laemmle on Wilshire next week. Please check it out: http://www.laemmle.com/viewmovie.php?mid=5603

Also we had a table reading of Nir Studniski’s script called “Odin Child” tonight. It was a semi-finalist at the most prestigious screenplay contest in the U.S, Nicholl Fellowship. Its got a very unique and touching story of dysfunctional family and had a great pleasure reading it. There is no doubt that you will see the movie in theaters not so far in the future. Please look forward to it.

whew, 336 words in 30 minutes. Pretty, pretty pretty good.

The picture got nothing to do with this blog, but I found this store in Paris.